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Developing the best chemical engineers since 1969.

Welcome to the Department of Chemical Engineering, situated within the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University. We take pride in doing cutting-edge research whilst delivering well rounded and highly skilled professional chemical engineers. Our team includes 20 full-time academic staff, 20 postdoctoral researchers, and 28 technical and support staff. Here you will find information about our research focus and academic programmes, as well as contact details of our staff.

Applications for our Bachelor’s Degree (BEng) in Chemical Engineering for the 2024 intake open 3 April and close 31 July. 

Join our BEng Chemical Engineering Q&A Webinar on 24 May 2023, 19:00 – 20:00

All prospective undergraduate chemical engineering students, parents, teachers, and chemical engineering enthusiasts are invited to attend this Q&A session. 

We’ll discuss what chemical engineering is all about, career prospects and options, our BEng Chemical Engineering programme offering, admission requirements, and answer any questions that you might have. 

Register for the webinar here.

May your journey with our department, in whichever capacity, be positive and enriching. Please reach out to us and let us know how we can assist you.

A warm welcome from our
Chairman,
Prof Christie Dorfling

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Our facilities, current research projects, and students’ experiences

The Department of Chemical Engineering has excellent facilities for students studying chemical engineering. This video gives you a tour of our facilities, and showcases some of the research projects currently undertaken at the department. Students also share their student experiences studying chemical engineering at SU.

RESEARCH CATEGORIES

Within the Department, our research foci can be grouped in to six main research areas:
Bioresource Engineering
Extractive Metallurgy
Separations Technology
Waste Valorisation
Water Technology
Machine Learning

What Chemical Engineers Do

NEWS & MEDIA

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The Machine Learning research group at the Department of Chemical Engineering welcomed two exceptional researchers…

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Students and staff have a ball at undergraduate social

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Meet the four-legged friends of the Department of Chemical Engineering

In honour of International Pet Day on 11 April, we’re celebrating the four-legged friends and…